CoinSnap makes $500K a month from one feature: take a photo of a coin, get its value. I rebuilt the same thing by vibe coding with Claude Code and zero coding experience, and in this video I walk you through the full build from UI design to testing on your phone. If you’ve been looking for a real AI app idea that generates recurring revenue in 2026, this one is worth your time.
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Tools Mentioned:
Claude Code: https://claude.ai/code
Claude API: https://claude.com/pricing#api
React Native + Expo: https://expo.dev
Dribbble (design inspiration): https://dribbble.com
Acquire.com (sell your app): https://acquire.com
Flippa: https://flippa.com
CoinSnap (reference): https://app.sensortower.com/overview/com.coinidentifyer.ai?country=US
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:05 – Business Model
02:41 – Tools and Frameworks
04:51 – Claude Code Setup
08:07 – Building the App
12:41 – Building Functions
16:03 – App Testing
18:54 – Publishing to App Store
Connect with me: jasonlee.partners@gmail.com
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Only 400K? Why not 500 000000000000 0000000 000000?
Fake!
building the app is the easy part … the hard part is actually convincing people to pay you money for it.
Hm, I checked Sensor Tower (I have a subscription). The app was released in 2022, so there definitely weren’t AI models back then that could fully “vibe code” products like today. Also, I highly doubt this was organic growth only. Feels like there was a lot more behind it — marketing, ASO, iterations, retention work, probably paid traffic too. So the title sounds a bit like:“just vibe coded and made $400k”
while in reality it was probably years of work + distribution + product improvements.
But my question would be why would people pay for a coin identify app when you can use Claude
cant wait to watch this video and start earning 400k per month
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im still trying to figure out how he did the dashboard of active days and tokens spent
Another POS with clickbait, anyone can clone an app, make the money, you'll have my appreciation
Really loved the way you taught. Subscribed ✅✅ are you on X?
Why not use Claude AI to scan coins?
I loved it the way you explained. ❤
We need a full end to end deploying the app to the store.
Thanks, and just like other comments are already saying, we need a full video or even a series of building an app all they way to deploying it on the store.
Sou do Brasil e te acompanho muito coloque a traducao da íngua português
the video was ok but the thumbnail was a clickbait
Looking at all the complaints on the app review , it seems like they have been making tons of money by wrongly charging people subscription fees on 5th day for a year instead of at 7th day and then doing multiple charges etc etc. Now, i have no idea if these are getting resolved eventually but seems like the revenue generation is largely by deceiving people. my point is, even if app can be built in today's market these silly apps are only succeeding by deceit.
He titled his video Full Tutorial, but it only covers the frontend. Building an app is the simplest part, the real challenge lies in finding customers, marketing, revenue channel?, maintaining the app, update features, securities, and nobody talks about that. Everyone on YT boasts about building apps by AI and earning $30k, $50k, $400k,… but nobody mentions the harder parts. Stop fooling people
So you become a multiple multi-millionaire per year?
Bro is using an API key bundled in the app. JFC, good luck with that, champ!
i would like a Corn star identifyer. Is that available? for research purposes of course
You know how much they are spending on ads ? I know ,so please stop populism.
what the h, coin identifier? rock identifier? bird? snake? dog? JUST take a picture of anything and show it to chatgtp or claude or any other ia, you dont need to install an app for that………. how they make those numbers? is so fake. Revenue jumps 400k 100k 40k 30k lol.
Coin Snap economics are real. The build demo is real. The gap between them is everything that pays the bills — auth, payments, database, App Store review, ASO, paid acquisition. Cloud Code makes the demo. The other 90% of work makes the money.
400K/month is rookie number, you gotta pump those numbers up
Building an app is actually the easy part.. choosing the correct niche/app to build, market, distribute.. those are the hard parts.
so where does it access the coin data from? is that what the API is?
Awesome video, I'm getting a buzzing in the background of your mic when I turn the volume up
Is it Claude Code in the terminal or the downloaded application? What's the best way to use Claude Code?
we need a longer in depth video of every step in detail don't care if its 10 hours long this was too short
DAYUM GOOD JOB! What do you do for marketing?
So they basically copy pasted the same code and called it different… LMFAO!! God damn!!
WOW bro ! your app is making $400k/mo, that's really good amount recurring money and yet you still here making other BS tutorials on youtube. I mean which founder does that dumbass, stop fooling people. you just clone another app, that to you didnt even vibe coded it properly. where tf is backend huh ? stop fooling people buy selling your bs courses.
This is bullshit. I can see that from the start. The company you are talking about that made those apps including “picture insect” literally has contracts with huge companies. How do I know this? Because I fucking worked for one. They build apps mainly for companies and spend HUGE amounts of money on advertising them. They get bot phones to jumpstart the more personal apps.
That monthly model really changes how you think about building apps. It reminds me of tools like stripe or gumroad where revenue just keeps coming in over time. I’ve been trying small ideas too and hosting them on tiiny host to test fast. It makes it easier to see if something can actually grow into something you can eventually sell.
So even with Claude, you have to use a Mac to publish the app?
you didn’t build a 400k app. you made a replica which generates 0 revenue. stop with the bullshitting titles.
Is the money they are making coming only from subscriptions? Could you talk more about that? because making an app is doable nowadays, but how are they making that crazy money?
Très belle video avec beaucoup de valeurs et de techniques
For people who are living under a rock: there are 10,000+ coin scanner apps out there that are nearly identical. If you’re dreaming that an app will make you $400K/month, then keep dreaming.
the reason i trust this guy is cause he recommends tools and services by his own experience and not sponsored. Thank you for your effort
Can I ask a few points about how you did the marketing part? Did you use paid advertisements or most of your income is organic?
I'd like to see it make money
Fake shit
Awesome Video Man. I’m a thumbnail strategist and I actually redesigned the thumbnail for this video just for practice to build my portfolio. Let me know if you'd ever want to see it! Love your content
So in essence you didn't build 400k app, just a clone of it. Keep it real
Jason, love your channel. Feel like every video is an important watch…! I am curious about your opinion on the latest news about Anthrophic installing spyware on users computers who download Claude desktop. What is your take and will you continue to use Claude? If so, how safely?
Jason, love your channel. Feel like every video is an important watch…! I am curious about your opinion on the latest news about Anthrophic installing spyware on users computers who download Claude desktop. What is your take and will you continue to use Claude? If so, how safely?
the business model section first is the right call, most build tutorials jump straight to the code and you have no idea if what they're building actually makes money lol. the publishing to app store step is the part i always watch closely, that's where most claude code tutorials quietly skip to a hosted web app instead. been using hercules for the mobile side bc that step is just built in, but curious how the claude code route handles app store review, did it get rejected on the first submission or sail through?
thank you ,, this is so simplified and to the point